Specialisation

SCOLMA Specialisation Scheme

SCOLMA seeks to monitor, co-ordinate and improve the acquisition of library materials on Africa. Libraries participating in its co-operative scheme specialise in the acquisition of materials from particular areas of Africa and act as information centres.

British Library: All African countries, all subjects; holdings strongest for Anglophone countries. Historic and current books and serials; newspapers; official publications; e-resources. Predominantly in English but also in African and European languages and Arabic.

LSE Library, University of London: South Africa (politics, economics, sociology)